Finalists for the 71st National Newspaper Awards
were announced on March 18. Winners will be announced
on May 1.Photo nominees:
Breaking News Photo•
Wayne Cuddington, Ottawa Citizen: a distraught woman being attended to by a police officer after a man was gunned down in the city’s Byward Market.
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Derek Ruttan, London Free Press: police officers confronting a man armed with a large hunting knife.
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Melissa Tait, Globe and Mail: a casket carrying the body of a young man, who had been the subject of a weeks-long search, being loaded into an RCMP plane in rural Manitoba.
Feature Photo•
Darryl Dyck, Canadian Press: a young boy swimming in a glass-bottom pool 60 metres above street level at a condo tower in Vancouver.
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Julie Oliver, Ottawa Citizen: three campers braving chilly summer weather to take a dip at a nudist colony.
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Dan Riedlhuber, St. Albert Gazette: a seven-year-old crashing into a curb during a soapbox derby.
General News Photo•
Jacques Nadeau, Le Devoir: a man being apprehended during a climate protest.
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Francisco Proner, Globe and Mail: a car trapped in a sea of mud and mining detritus after a dam burst in Brazil.
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Andrew Vaughan, Canadian Press: a man watching the impact of Hurricane Dorian along the Halifax harbour.
Sports Photo•
Stan Behal, Toronto Sun: series-winning basket by Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors, captured in the split-second before the ball fell through the hoop.
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Jason Franson, Canadian Press: eye-gouging action in mixed martial arts.
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Rick Madonik, Toronto Star: Toronto Raptors Kyle Lowry surrounded by the hands of teammates and opponents.
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